It's Tony season again and I can't think of an award show that I get more excited about... :) Every year I make my predictions and every year I'm WRONG. :) But I have to agree with everyone who says that this year's Best Actor in a Play category is one of the strongest that I've seen. I'm REALLY rooting for Mark Rylance, but ALL of this year's other nominees are incredibly strong.

Here are my predictions for this year (and my choices for the awards) :)

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater"The Book of Mormon" (music and lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone) - my prediction -------Winner"The Scottsboro Boys" (music and lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb) - my choice"Sister Act" (Music: Alan Menken; lyrics: Glenn Slater)"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (music and lyrics: David Yazbek)

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a playBrian Bedford, "The Importance of Being Earnest"Bobby Cannavale, "The Mother... With the Hat" Joe Mantello, "The Normal Heart"Al Pacino, "The Merchant of Venice"Mark Rylance, "Jerusalem" - my prediction / my choice ----------Winner!!

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musicalNorbert Leo Butz, "Catch Me if You Can" -----------------------WinnerJosh Gad, "The Book of Mormon" - my predictionJoshua Henry, "The Scottsboro Boys"Andrew Rannells, "The Book of Mormon"Tony Sheldon, "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" - my choice

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musicalSutton Foster, "Anything Goes" - my prediction ---------------WinnerBeth Leavel, "Baby It's You!"Patina Miller, "Sister Act"Donna Murphy, "The People in the Picture" - my choice

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a playMackenzie Crook, "Jerusalem" - my choiceBilly Crudup, "Arcadia"John Benjamin Hickey, "The Normal Heart" - my prediction ----------------WinnerArian Moayed, "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"Yul Vázquez, "The Mother... With the Hat"

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a playEllen Barkin, "The Normal Heart" - my prediction ----------------------WinnerEdie Falco, "The House of Blue Leaves"Judith Light, "Lombardi" - my choiceJoanna Lumley, "La Bête"Elizabeth Rodriguez, "The Mother... With the Hat"

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musicalColman Domingo, "The Scottsboro Boys"Adam Godley, "Anything Goes"John Larroquette, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" - my choice ---------WinnerForrest McClendon, "The Scottsboro Boys"Rory O'Malley, "The Book of Mormon" - my prediction

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musicalLaura Benanti, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" - my prediction / my choiceTammy Blanchard, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"Victoria Clark, "Sister Act"Nikki M. James, "The Book of Mormon" ------------------WinnerPatti LuPone, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"

Best lighting design of a musicalKen Billington, "The Scottsboro Boys" - my prediction / my choiceHowell Binkley, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"Peter Kaczorowski, "Anything Goes"Brian MacDevitt, "The Book of Mormon" ------------------------Winner

Best direction of a musicalRob Ashford, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"Kathleen Marshall, "Anything Goes"Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, "The Book of Mormon" - my prediction -----------WinnerSusan Stroman, "The Scottsboro Boys" - my choice

Best choreographyRob Ashford, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"Kathleen Marshall, "Anything Goes" - my prediction / my choice ------------WinnerCasey Nicholaw, "The Book of Mormon"Susan Stroman, "The Scottsboro Boys"

Best orchestrationsDoug Besterman, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"Larry Hochman, "The Scottsboro Boys" - my prediction / my choiceLarry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, "The Book of Mormon" ----------WinnerMarc Shaiman & Larry Blank, "Catch Me if You Can"

And as always, I welcome all opinions of how wrong I am (as I usually am - I let my emotions get too much in the way of my predictions...) Well, I guess we'll just have to see on Sunday night. :)